POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 8

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

BY PERCY R.AG6

From "Aero."—B.M.A.: Better Make Amends. I '".'♦ * • ; ' '..-,• His Majesty is right. Wellington is a place of wind —particularly whea. Parliament is in session. ' . ,•.'■'.• ♦ • Add definitions: Disinfectant is a smell that is a greater smell than thi original, smell: ' '•'•'. • •■•.■''■■ As Mr. Chamberlain no doubt realises, there is also a wall between Britain and the Palestine Jews—the Wailing Wall. ' • . ■•'■■■ ' •-. ■ • ■' ' '■ ■.. BURBLING CROOK. . ~ How that nice chap, Dr. Goebbels, Blathers, and for ever boebbels. ALL GUMMED UP. ; ' Headline— . ■ ..'■'< : . POSTERS ON POLES. . Presumably these would be swasl* stickers. ■ ' HUGH MERUS. :". ■ ,> . , ■■■♦ :: ..■''• / .'-.. ~ : CYNIC AT WORK. This appeared in a recent "Post" and 1 think it very appropriate at . the. moment— • :■ ■ ; ■ ■• : FRUSTRATED ... ' -; ATTEMPT TO FLY PLANE ; . ;. . . he was satisfied he could pilot: the plane. He had read a book od flying.. :, •'.■' '•-■ ' ■ .■'■ ■•': ; .: - ...' '. • .Likewise (sol hear) .Mr. Nash knows all about financial- matters —he , read a.book on banking. ,".'.'■ :. ' , ... "SCRUFFY.* ~' ~' '. ;V -.■ '■ • ■;.*'■■. ~,-■.'. : NOW THEN! /' Indubitable proof having been sup* plied, since the last. General Election, anyhow, that the early settlers,, in fact,all those who arrived in New Zealand, without' 'the .brand of Karl Marx on ■■ theft foreheads, were, a lot of poor •mutts who didn't know the first thing about how to misgovern, 'is it to be.' wondered at that, the gentlemen, .whi arrived in 1840 should have, forgotten to introduce a social^ security scheme, and to insulate,themselves against the effects of an''expansion ""of the 'country's external*trade? Look how prosperous the. country might have been had the politicians of. the.eighties-only had1 the foresight to-stave off "the effects of tha introduction^ of the freezing, industry. : Our social credit could have reniained frozen, sheep * ■<would -. have brought about a bob a dozen; we could have worn sheepskins to keep out the poli-' tical blasts, tombstones might have costonly twopence, a box, and. we. might haye: been, saved ai}. this confusion between Joe Savage and" Walter Nash whether insulation is to last for : ever or'five minutes-less. •':'.-■, .■■.;. , ..OMADHAUN..: : '■ '*■'■: ■ ♦ ■' ■:, '*..'■■'■'■. *"• vJV. '■ •■'..■ - •■ '".' ; ' BRAIN-TEAS.ER;. ;V- /C; ; ■■/ / Another busy session on Saturday evening both for the telephone andourselves. -; > -~•■' "'"■■.v-,.■..'■•.. ■'■,■-■ v.v •,>•-,- The first, call came from "Efpee'T (-Hataitai), with solution No. 1 and No.. 2 (in part). 'Followed "Hataitai" and "Miss Hataitai" with Nos/ 2 -arid 1, in that order. Next in line was I'Marga--ret of Kelburn.: 1 with No. 2, the' fourth of which held her. up for a space (as it-did others). Then came "Gasmask" (Karori),. "J.W.B;" •.. ■ (Khandallah), "N.T.G." (Lower Hutt), "Phil.o' Math," and. "Punka" (Khandallah). ("Punka?*, several years ago was one. of ou^r regular, .contributors. We were to meet him againO Later on ; "RJ;W.". pushed in with No. 1, '<Just Me" with No. 2, "Admirer" with NoL 1 and-a half of No- 2, and "New-town"-^ and "M.K." each with No. 1. Sunday evening brought along "Diana,"- "8.F." (Lower Hutt), and "C.L.C." (Brooklyn)—-each won full marks. '-:::- ''■ ■■"■■.■'■■ •■ 7' \'■ ' . •/• Our new No. 2 seemed.to please everybody. We rather iliked. it:ourselves.. It sent quite a number of solvers to reference books,; which; in an educational sense, is all to the good. Along with "asu" a hidden New Zetland bird (not "iki") had some postscripters puzzled, to our surprise. However— —. ■•:' •. .'■''■'■'■■ ■ •.'.■• ■ -V - ; '■'■. •'" •■ ■ ,•-':'■-. '• ■■■•■.. ■;' ■ "MOTHER Q' MINE>' ,■.■'" ; Dear Flage,—-It is perhaps; as well that you have lent your copy of Arthur Adams, as you would never find the words of "Mother o f Mine" contained, therein. They < are by, Rudyard Kipling, and can be. found on page 618 in the complete edition of his poems. The correct wording it as follows:-- ■';-■•.'".■ If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, Mother o' nnheh I know whose love would follow m« still; .:■■•:.• ... -; ■ ' ■:'!. ; Mother p' mine, Mother o mine; If I were drowned in the deepest sea» Mother o' mine, Mother o* mine; I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o' mine. Mother o mine; If I were damned of body and. soul, I know whose prayers .would make me whole, ■-' - ■ ... Mother of mine, -0 Mother o mine! I have always enjoyed yOur column. ~YOUrS SinCeregLXISON MACKAY. • Another reader, N.V. Wotton, called, in to correct the suggestion that Arthur Adams Was the author of this.poem. As one who from our middle 'teens to two-score years sat at the feet of Kipling, we ought to have known better. Put'it down to an overcrowded mind. :■ ■ ■'*.■'■■■' *.-"-'' '■ '■* ' ■" "" ' RISE AND FALL OF A DICTATOR. Once upon a time there was a little man who had- been deaf from birth, but Vy a miracle this sense was restored to him and he was able to hear the beautiful noises of the country*— the little birds,singing, the big cows ; mooing, and even the fat pigs grunting.. This little man after a while became a big noise himself, and because he was such a very big noise, he decreed that the people x>f ..the country should -not make any noise,, and' the ; little birds should stop sing* ing the big cows mooing, and even the fat pigs .grunting. Now the.people became very sad but they could not voice their opinions because the little man who was a big noise had said that they- must not. say anything against him. The only occasions on, which these wretched folk could, make v a noise were those on which he made a speech and they, unhappy . creatures, had to cheer and applaud him/. This wretched state of affairs continued for many years, and the unfortunate folk were very miserable-^-they had almost forgotten How to smile and be merry.; Suddenly, the kittle, man was by an- t other miracle struck deaf and dumb," and he could no longer hear the little birds singing, the big cows mooing, or even the fat pigs grunting, and far better, was no longer a big: noise him- , self. The people of the country lived happily ever after, because'they, could now be happy and smile and hear the beautiful noises of the country—the little birds singing, the- big: cows mooing, and even the fat pigs grunting. ■ ' : :. BUBBL<V;